Teen prostitutes - Missing 15-y-o selling sexual favours on 'Back Road'
AT LEAST one, and maybe more, of the young girls reported missing under the Ananda Alert system are in St Catherine, working as prostitutes on the Port Henderson strip, better known as 'Back Road'. Up to September this year, 1,206 children had been reported missing...
Tanzanian president to speak in Parliament
THE USUAL Tuesday sitting of the House of Representatives will not take place today.
Instead, elected representatives are taking a breather as they await the arrival of Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. Kikwete, who arrived yesterday and leaves on Thursday...
Greetings, the Jamaican way - Spanish Town man plans to take over local greeting card market
MOVE OVER, Hallmark, Post Note Greetings is on its way! OK, perhaps Hallmark is safe for now, but someday Post Note Greetings may be a real competitor.Post Note Greetings is a company set up by Fitzroy Barnett, a Spanish Town man with a passion for religion ...
Salvation Army general touches down today
General Shaw Clifton, the international head of the Salvation Army, is scheduled to arrive here today for the first leg of a two-country Caribbean visit.It is the first trip to the region for Clifton, an Irishman, who has led the relief agency for the past three years...
Chain of Hope brings new hearts to Bustamante kids
IT IS a Christmas gift that is being delivered four weeks early: a healthy heart for 16 children who have had complex cardiac lesions since birth. Starting today, a medical mission, coordinated by a team from Chain of Hope, United Kingdom, will partner with local...
Frostbite forces Jamaican to quit icy expedition
Jamaican Kim-Marie Spence has been forced to abandon plans to take part in an Antarctic expedition that began on the weekend."It is with much regret that 30-year-old Kim-Marie Spence from Kingston, Jamaica, has had to leave the Kaspersky Lab...
Jurors on bribery rap denied bail
THE TWO female jurors who were arrested and charged last week for allegedly bribing a woman to free her son of a murder charge were denied bail when they appeared in the Clarendon Circuit Court yesterday. Supreme Court Judge Bryan Sykes, who cited the...
NCU gets $10B software grant from Siemens
A SOFTWARE grant valued at US$118 million (J$10.7 billion) was yesterday presented to the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) by Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Inc. The presentation took place at the university's main campus...
Heat in court stalls proceedings
The unbearable heat in the courtroom yesterday forced Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh to grant an early adjournment at the trial of the two men charged with the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn.The air-conditioning unit broke...